Tim Egan

Illinois lawmakers' plan to redesign the way the state draws Medicaid health care funding from the federal government means at least two hospitals serving impoverished communities will close, threatening a deal that's taken them a year to negotiate with health care lobbyists.

Roseland Community Hospital and South Shore Hospital, on Chicago's South Side, could both be shuttered, officials said, under the current plan to redraw the hospital assessment program in response to tightened federal guidelines and pick up $360 million extra available for Illinois.

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